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Laura Bethel John Anderson

5 Apr 1897 – 16 Nov 2000

Birth5 Apr 1897
Death16 Nov 2000
CemeteryHillcrest Memorial Gardens
Caldwell , Canyon County , Idaho , USA
Added byWalking the Past on 22 Feb 2013
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Laura Bethel Anderson, 103, of Caldwell passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2000 surrounded by family at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Grace and Charles McClaskey of Caldwell. Laura Bethel Johns was born in Arcadia, Nebraska on April 5, 1897 to James and Clarissa John. Laura married Reuben Anderson on August 11, 1920 in McClave, Colorado. To this union three daughters were born, Irene, Grace, and Betty Jo Ann. Laura and Reuben moved to Caldwell in 1936 where they lived until 1983 when Reuben died. For the next 3 years Laura spent between Betty's house in Dubois, Idaho and Grace's house in Caldwell, Idaho. With the last 14 years residing with Charles and Grace McClaskey. Laura was an active and dedicated member of the Deer Flat Free Methodist Church, where she and Reuben attended for 60 plus years. She was an active member of WWI Veterans Auxiliary, Huston Community Club, and WCTU. She is survived by Irene Anderson, Grace and Charles McClaskey, and Betty Jo Ann Kirkpatrick; grandchildren, Dennis and Zella McClaskey, Jim and Becky Forth, Mark and Cindy McClaskey, Lyn and Tammie Aevermann, Byron and Laura Tavener, Rick and Julie Vaughn, and Blake and Lisa Kirkpatrick; great grandchildren, Mandy Forth, Athena and Matt Herrmann, Angie and Shawn Hall, Jennifer and JR Finlay, Charnelle McClaskey, Christopher McClaskey, Clarissa and Dirk Tavener, Lucas, Austin, and Hannah Vaughan, Chet, Weston, and Sage Kirkpatrick; great great grandchildren, Max and Dorothy Herrmann. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben, son-in-law Neal Kirkpatrick, and great granddaughter Kayla McClaskey, along with three brothers and seven sisters. A TRIBUTE TO GRANDMA LAURA She was born in 1897 a hundred and three years ago, amidst eleven children to laugh with, to love, to know. She attended an old fashioned country school of which we can only dream. She started working for a banker's family when she was just sixteen. It was at a neighbor's barn dance where she and Reuben first met. Reuben had to leave, for there was a war, but Laura would never forget. Reuben came back, a blessing it seemed, to Colorado to claim his land. Laura soon followed with love in her heart and her wedding dress in hand. It was in Colorado two daughters were born, first Irene and then came Grace. The dust bowl arrived, a hardship for all, more decisions that had to be faced. Oregon or Bust! is what they thought and stopped in Idaho along the way, but paradise is what they surely saw, so they decided to stay. The valleys were green and the orchards ripe, honest work for honest pay. They put down money on a brand new place. Thanked the Lord for showing the way. They paid off the land from pigs they sold. Counted their blessings again, for there was a church close enough to home that they could worship in. Soon Betty arrived, a family complete. Their lives abundantly full. A strong belief in the Lord, working hard everyday, and that all children belong in school. They raised their family and gave of themselves, to church, to community, to friends, and one thing is certain, to all lives that were touched, a harvest like this never ends. Idaho Press-Tribune, Sunday, November 19, 2000 - 2C

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